New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-20

Anecdotes of John G. SAKE now in order Here's
one that has never appeared In print unui powo oon
after he came TO resdei Albany an enterprsing
estate dealer OF that city undertook 10 SOIL MN d
house SAKE agreed 10 go and look nj the property
aud ono ,nornlnQ found the two standing on the
sidew ak in front OF 1t. There SAID the agent 10
the poet wit as they paused moment before enter
| ING. sis house, MIR. FAKE, that think VIII please
| vou You will find the rooms conveniently ar
ranged the plumbing is frs-cass, there Is capi.a'
furnace in the cellar etc. ETC., etc. WINE inc
oo.,, was talking SAKE was noticing that there
were some pretty bad cracks here and there in the
| brick-vork forming the front of the house Inc
agents -ulosy ended. SAKE pointed his niger sig
nihcantly nj these cracks AMI then slowly re-
marked: Convenient rooms, good Plumbing capi-
tai furnace-is that what the building is cracked
up as havugi" No sale.
The title Deeds 10 offices III the South arc IN the
hands of the old time Bourbona But the PRESIDENT
is a reformer in Boston.
Orlando. Fla, has a new postmaster. He Is, ac-
cording TO "Ihe Keco DEM OF thai place. an
old time ultra Democrat. That is oil right
other things being sat sfactory there Is no reason
why an old-.inc ultra Democrat should not preside
over the Orlando mails with flelity and effi-
,,ency. But how about this particular odtme
dld he come to be cmovedP AS "a tribute TO
civil Service reform OF the genuine soltp Inc
Record" Is flank on this Joint Listen to IL:
MI sper, VINO has ned tho Office for over nine
teen years goes out with the respect OF the entire
community and rclnquishes his public trust lot for
any shortcomings or derection OF outy' but In oecd
70 that maxm %n cen ndSn and Ss out
the fullest extent by the Republican party during
tho entire period OF Its control OF the Eeoe ,hs
Government namely ITO the Viotor ocionS' LILO
spons."
IL looks as though letter addressed to the
white-wlnged angel or Reform at Orlando would
be sent to the d. ad le tor office. She doesn't 1.-Two
thcre-at least not in the Administration circle.
High license will COME remarks THE
brooklyn In lie. Yes. il will come, rs all the
great reforms OF the last quarter Of century
have come, not with the concurrence but in spite
OF the Democratic party.
isa little odd to hold Department responsible for
vessel not vet accepted but He TRIBUNE stands
on small points 1t Is perfectly willing to strain
point and test 'essei peiore comPeNoh -lopiihs'
bed Republican
There has been no question whatever IN regard
TO the acceptance of the Atlanta since Mr.. ROachs
failure and for the unansworable reason that
the Government actually took possession OF
the ship at that time. This was done under clauses
of the contract providing for the completion of the
vessels by the Government IN certain emergencies.
rhe Atlanta has been the property OF the Depart
ment about ei ghteen months. and there would have
been no improperly IN having the guns tested on
the recent cruise if they had been 10 condition for
it The trouble with our Massachusetts nelghbor
is that 1t does not know what are the big and
what are the little points in the contrcversy-in
fact, it knows nothing whatever ab0nt It, 1t
would better relapse into q state of uninqusitive
ignorance
Dakota is growing, regard less of Democratic IN
Justice In denying 1t admission as State Its
present population based natural increase
since the last census In 1885. ald sales of land
and the vote at the last election estimated ut
over $4,000 Its assessed valuation Of property |
is greater than that OF ten States or Of oil tho
other Territories combined. 1t pays moro revenue |
the Government than many of the Southern |
States. If the President should conclude to call |
an extra OF Congress in the fall no cannot |
do better than to recommend that body to first act
ON the just claims Of Dakota to be admitted as |
state.
Nothing could illustrate the intensity OF pupc feelin
In England more completely than the publication In The
the writer virtually justified the murder OF Mr. Burke In
the Phnx Park, aud explained that no had denou
10 merely a. matter or policy The good faith OF The
Times Is beyond question II 1t had not believed the
letter 10 DO genuine IL would not have published IT, But
IL bore witness TO the Prevailing excitement tho
less ny publishing tho letter without taking the proper
stops 10 ascert ain its genuineness Ne wYork Times.
A felow-feeling for an English journal caught IN
the act If circulating q forged letter is natural
under the circu nsta 1t Was very long ago
that The hew- York Times was trumping up forged
Endorsement purportiug to be Mr. BIaine's on q
page of manuscript purlolued from The rnIBUNE's
proof-room The bad faith of The Times was be-
yond question 10 that instance, since no proper